Desperate for D.F.-style street food? Jonathan Gold is hard-pressed to think of “a restaurant closer to the street anywhere in the world” than Antojitos Carmen in Boyle Heights, which beats the haul for alambre at huitlacoche huarache-less Super Rica. [L.A. Weekly]

Questioning whether the menu got drunk on the worldly wine list, Merrill Shindler feels Long Beach’s “Utopia is a place where everyone gets satisfied,” including the gelato he finds “scrumptious.” [Daily Breeze]

Starving in the City of Industry? J. Gold thinks it’s time for hand-pulled noodles at Malan or Earthern, which does better Chinese eats than some of SGV’s classic delis. [L.A. Weekly]